Neck-yoke coupling



(No Model.)

C. C. SCHWANER. NECK YOKE GOUPLING.

110.419.223. Patented Jan, 14,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

CHRISTIAN o. scHWnNER, on WINTERSET, W A

NECK-YOKE COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,223, dated January 14, 1890.

Application filed May 16, 1889.

To @ZZ whom may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN C. ScHWA- NER, a citizen of the United States of America,

and a resident of Winterset, in the county of Madison and State of Iowa, have invented an Improved Neck-Yoke and Breast-Strap Coupling, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore a breast-strap roller and snaphook have been combined and used for detachably coupling a breast-strap With a neckyoke in such a manner that the device could be disconnected from the neck-yoke and remain attached to the breast-strap.

My object is to prevent the annoyances incident to carrying a roller and snapehool; on a breast-strap when not in use, and to provide a device that can be easily attached toa I neck-yoke to remain there, so that a breaststrap can be readily connected and disconnected at pleasure.

My invention. consists in the construction and combination of a frame and a roller and a ring-receiver, as hereinafter set forth, in such a manner that the complete device will be a neat, strong, durable, and efficient coupling specially adapted for the purpose contelnplated.

In the accompanying dra-Wings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the frame, having a roller attached at one end and an integral ring-connecting extension at the other end. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a detachable part of the coupling. Fig. 3 is a face View, showing the complete device ready for use. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, illustrating the application, operat-ion, and utility of my complete invention. Fig. 5 is a modification of Fig. 3, showing each of the overlapping parts provided with a side bar and a right-angled extension at the end of each bar to extend into the roller. l

A is a cross-bar, and B B are the curved side bars of a frame. The ends of the side bars are perforated to receive a bolt as required to support a roller C. The bolt that serves as an axle for the roller maybe screwthreaded and detachably fastened, or it may be rigidly and permanently secured by rivet ing 0r in any suitable Way. 3y curving the bars B inward from the cross-bar A to supseriai No. 310,974. (No model.)

port a roller that is shorter than the cross-bar a Wide open space is produced in rear of the roller to admit a breast-strap and asnap-hook on its end to facilitate connecting and disconnecting the strap.

D is a fiat integral extension from the side of the cross-bar A and ends of the side bars B.

F is a boss projecting at right angles from the inside face and end of the extension. It has a bore in its center and an enlargement at the end of the bore adapted to admit a dowel of corresponding form.

G is an angular cavity in the outside face of the extension D, adapted to admit and lock a nut placed therein.

H is a projection on the center of the cross bar A, adapted to engage the detachable part of the ring-receiver and coupling.

J is a plate correspondingin size and shape with the extension D. It is curved at its large end, and adapted to overlap the crossbar A, and has a perforation that admits the projection H. It also has a perforation that coincides with the perforation or bore of the boss F, and a swell around that perforation that will serve as adowel in the enlargement at the end of the bore in the boss F.

K is a screw passed through the plate J, the boss F, and the extension D and fastened in a nut L, placed in the cavity G, to lock the detachable part fast.

To connect the coupling and roller with a neck-yoke I detach the plate J, place a ring on the end of the neck-yoke over the boss F, and then replace the plate J and fasten it again by means of the screw and nut; and when thus attached to aneck-yoke the end of a breast-strap can be readily passed through between the curved bars B of the fralne as required to connect and disconnect thestrap from the roller and coupling that remain attached to the neck-yoke. Y

I claim as my inventionl. A neclcyoke and breast-strap coupling composed of a frame adapted to admit the passage of a breast-strap, a roller in one end of the frame, an extension at the other end of the frame adapted to engage a ring, and a detachable plate adapted to be fastened to the extension and frame to secure the complete IOO device and ring together, for the purposes stantially as shown anddesoribedforthe pui"- stated. Y poses stated.

2. In a neck-yoke the bar A,havin01 a pio- A T jeotion H, the bars 7E, Supporting a rtolier C, CHRISTIAN C' SCH ANER 5 the extension D, having a boss F and cavity Vihnesses:

G, and the perforated plate J, Constructed and HOMER THOMPSON, combined by means of a screw and nut, sub- JNO. A. VILLIAMS. 

